Nate Collins
Photo: Winnipeg Blue Bombers, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Nose tackle, Virginia, 2006–⁠09

Nate Collins

Number
No. 98
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Port Chester, NY
Born
Dec 14, 1987, in White Plains, New York

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Nate Collins played nose tackle at Virginia (2006–⁠09).

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009Virginia1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2006N12710172.51––1–
2007N131219314.52––––
2008N122412363.50–3––
20091249287710.561101
On file9269161219––––

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Virginia98NT6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Virginia 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 17atMarylandW 20–⁠91

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2010 East–West Shrine Game (East team, won 13–⁠10).

DrillPro day 2010
Height6′2″
Weight290 lb
40-yard dash4.94 s
Vertical jump33″
Broad jump8′10″
Bench press22 reps
3-cone drill7.37 s
20-yard shuttle4.80 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2015CFLWinnipeg Blue Bombers

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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